Title :
Comment on "Steady-state tracking with LFM waveforms"
Author :
Fitzgerald, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Raytheon Co., Bedford, MA, USA
Abstract :
The purpose of this note is to point out that, if appropriate normalizations are applied, the numerical data presented by W. Wong & W.D. Blair [ibid. vol.36, pp.701-709 (2000)] has much broader applicability than is implied there.
Keywords :
FM radar; Kalman filters; covariance matrices; radar tracking; target tracking; tracking filters; 1D two-state Kalman tracking filter; linear FM waveforms; normalized covariance matrix; piecewise constant target acceleration; range measurements; steady-state solution; steady-state tracking; Acceleration; Bandwidth; Frequency measurement; History; Kalman filters; Prediction algorithms; Radar tracking; Steady-state; Target tracking; Time measurement;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
